Forever Friends Farm is a cute picture book and early reader series that emphasizes friendship and ways to communicate to help everyone get along together. The first book, Forever Kind, is a picture book written by Annie Auerbach and illustrated by Luke Flowers. It introduces the regulars P.J., Winston, Mei, Cassie, and more when they are planning a party because P.J. finished reading an entire book all by himself.

P. J. meets Jasper and invites him to the party. But Jasper isn’t used to a welcoming crowd, and he takes more than his share of the goodies. When he messes up the whole party, he expects to be sent on his way. Instead, everyone else forgives him and enlists him in the clean-up.

Another title in the series, A Perfect Place to Play, an early reader written by Tish Rabe and illustrated by Jim Valerie, has P.J. the Goose and Winston the Mouse finding what they think is a perfect place to play. Then they discover a group of friendly squirrels have already taken residence there. Pretty soon the two groups are getting together and then sharing space in the barn to take shelter from a storm.

The Forever Friends Farm series is great for helping to grow readers, as there are four levels of stories appropriate for different age groups. Levels one and two are for readers aged 4-6. Level three is appropriate for ages 6-8. And level four targets ages 7 and up. Young readers can stay connected to familiar characters as they grow and become more proficient.

The characters are cute, and the story lines get a message across without being overly preachy.

Paw Prints Publishing provided a copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.